Play back worksheet data

Play back a group of cells

To hear the speech that corresponds to the text in a group of cells, do the following:

Select a group of cells to that you want to hear as audible speech.

Choose how the computer will read back your data by clicking By Rows
or By Columns
.

Click Speak Cells
.

To correct an error, click Stop Speaking
, and then use your mouse and keyboard to make the necessary changes.

Click Speak Cells
to make the computer continue to read back your selection.

Tip: You can select a specific range of cells for the computer to read back to you. Or, you can click Speak Cells
without selecting any cells and Excel will automatically expand the selection to include the neighboring cells that contain values.

Play back after every cell entry

Click Speak On Enter
.

Enter data in any cell. Press Enter, and the computer will read back the contents of the cell.

Note: If you hide the Text To Speech toolbar and you did not turn off Speak On Enter
, the computer continues to read back each cell entry that you make. Click Speak On Enter
to turn it off.